"gimme some skin", "righteous" (Burley, 1940)

[Mark Mandel]

I do believe you are right. Thanks.

m a m

On Feb 4, 2008 10:51 AM, Dennis Preston <preston at msu.edu> wrote:

> I doubt if this was the context in which you heard or saw it. A much
> better-known and more widespread version  of "Geechee" is its
> reference to the Gullah people of the Georgia and South Carolina
> coast and sea islands.
>
> dInIs
>

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